Thursday, July 13, 2017

Help Me Decide!

I have a dilemma! I have made a quilt top for my newest grand baby. It was super easy and it's super cute using only black & white solids. My DIL saw a picture of it somewhere and I went from there. Made entirely of HSTs.

I found a white/black print for the back, and the aqua will be used for the binding. I plan to applique the baby's name on the back with the aqua also.

SO - I have no idea of what color of thread to quilt it with! Black? White? Gray? Clear? Maybe change colors to match the fabric in each section? I just can't decide, so I'm hoping someone will give me a solution and steer me in the right direction! And any suggestions on a quilting design would be greatly appreciated too!

Last weekend I had an itch to make a quick small project, so this is what I ended up doing.

Allover meandering turned out pretty well the very first time I used my new sewing machine.

13 comments:

I think black, white or gray would work. I don't use the clear monofilament on a baby quilt because I'm afraid the thread might ravel after a bit of baby tugging. I love your quilting on that little quilt. Delicious!

Either color will be pretty I am sure. I would go for the safe option myself to use black on black and white on white. But I am not good in machine quilting......I am sure it will turn out pretty whatever you choose. Love your little quilt too, you did a great job meandering.

Nice quilt!! I would use white. I'd rather have white on black than black on white. I can see your dilemma though Grey might work too. The binding is gonna be amazing with the turquoise it will be a nice pop of color. You're gonna love your Juke, I have that machine on my quilter and it works great!

I like to use gray with quilts like this. That way your don't have one area with a sharp contrast and an area where the quilting disappears. An aqua would be neat also like someone else mentioned. Whatever you do it will be great!

When I took a class at HMQS a few years ago from Karen McTavish, the subject was "How Should I Quilt This?" When it came to baby quilts, she recommended allover designs, because they would be used and washed and and dragged around a lot. That said, I think I might be tempted to match thread to fabrics (which precludes an all over design).So helpful, right? : )Your "quick" project is very cute. Good job!

I'm so far behind reading posts that I'm sure you've decided which color thread to use, Gayle. What a great, graphic quilt for a baby! I like the little quilt you made, too. It's fun to see the same pattern with colors and in a different size.